Master Social Worker, LMSW, Ms
(551) 233-1671
kmechnertherapy@gmail.com
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Master Social Worker
New York
This clinician has a license or permit that requires the clinician to practice under supervision in order to meet state licensure requirements.
New York, NY 10011
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Telephone: (551) 233-1671
A former foreign correspondent and forensic social worker, I have spent my entire professional life helping people make sense of their complicated stories — first as a journalist bearing witness to others' experiences, and later as a clinician creating space for people to understand their own.
I am drawn to the complicated, layered identities that form at the intersection of cultures: the experience of immigration, of being multiracial, of growing up as a third-culture kid straddling worlds that don't quite map onto each other. I know firsthand that these identities can be sources of remarkable richness and painful dislocation, and I bring that understanding into my work.
I also have a particular commitment to supporting journalists, especially those navigating the cumulative toll of vicarious trauma —an occupational hazard that the profession has historically been reluctant to name.
I graduated from NYU's Silver School of Social Work in 2020 and hold a master's in journalism from Columbia University (1993) — two disciplines that, at their best, are both in the business of listening carefully.